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6 June 2018 PhilippinesMediaSocial Media Trump has a precursor – and maybe even a mentor – when it comes to waging war on media he does not like. Iris Gonzales reports from the Philippines These days Maria Ressa, executive editor and CEO of Rappler, goes around the streets of Manila with police escorts. You can tell if she’s in her office by the police cars parked outside the tower block in the eastern part of Metro Manila. At one point extra guards were also posted inside Rappler’s busy third-floor office. After President Rodrigo Duterte came into power in 2016, the online news outfit received threats from his supporters. The Duterte administration has tried everything in its power to discredit his critics. In Rappler’s case it’s harder due to the credibility the outlet has earned since its launch in 2012. Also, Ressa is something of a legend in the media world. She was Manila bureau chief of CNN for nearly two decades before setting up … [Read more...] about Fighting Mr Fake

South Yorkshire's top cop has defended the way police have dealt with tree felling protesters in Sheffield following criticism from a former council leader. Former Sheffield Council leader Lord Scriven wrote a letter to the chief constable of South Yorkshire Police to raise his concerns over the manner of policing during the ongoing tree felling programme in the city. READ MORE: State of Sheffield report: 'Lessons to be learned over controversial tree felling programme'He demanded answers from Stephen Watson on several key questions and told of his 'distress' after seeing videos of recent policing during protests against tree felling, which has seen a number of campaigners arrested. Chief con Watson has now written an open letter to Lord Scriven in which he criticised the Liberal Democrat politician for going public with his concerns and defended his officers for how they have policed protests. He said: "The fact that you chose to publicise your letter so widely without affording me … [Read more...] about South Yorkshire’s top cop hits back at Lord Scriven over policing of tree felling protesters

South Yorkshire's top cop has defended the way police have dealt with tree felling protesters in Sheffield following criticism from a former council leader. Former Sheffield Council leader Lord Scriven wrote a letter to the chief constable of South Yorkshire Police to raise his concerns over the manner of policing during the ongoing tree felling programme in the city. READ MORE: State of Sheffield report: 'Lessons to be learned over controversial tree felling programme'He demanded answers from Stephen Watson on several key questions and told of his 'distress' after seeing videos of recent policing during protests against tree felling, which has seen a number of campaigners arrested. Chief con Watson has now written an open letter to Lord Scriven in which he criticised the Liberal Democrat politician for going public with his concerns and defended his officers for how they have policed protests. He said: "The fact that you chose to publicise your letter so widely without affording me … [Read more...] about South Yorkshire’s top cops hits back at Lord Scriven over policing of tree felling protesters

WEATHER so cold that even snow disappears. Coughing up blood. Plans to roller-ski around the streets of Belfast and Dublin. The Winter Olympics and those involved in them are different. Take Dominic McAleenan, Ireland’s team leader at the winter sports extravaganza which started yesterday (Sunday) in South Korea. His journey to PyeongChang progressed from Banbridge to East Anglia to Norway and Sweden, where the 48-year-old now lives. Yet even he has been stunned by the low temperatures in Korea, especially the wind chill. “It’s bitterly cold. I’ve lived in Sweden for more than 20 years and I’ve never experienced anything like this. “It’s minus 19 or 20 at night, then not getting above minus 10 during the day. But it’s the wind, it’s been windy all the time. When you’ve been out skiing you can’t feel your jaw at the end.” You’d think that would at least allow for the basic elements required for winter sports, … [Read more...] about From Banbridge town to Pyeongchang county for the Winter Olympics

Loss-making state-owned entiti­es causin­g unnece­ssary burden on fiscal operat­ions 0SHARES Share Tweet Email PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is rapidly running out of liquid resources and the situation demands urgent revamp of the existing rotten financial system to help the state survive economic turmoil. The government’s desperate disposition to offer yet another amnesty scheme is highly unlikely to do the trick as it will further exacerbate franticly spreading money laundering practices. Amnesty without accountability, previous experiences reveal, has always ended up in economic debacles and is continuously validated by close examination of all clemency schemes from Ayub Khan’s time to the present day. The solution just lies in removing decade-old distortions from the plaguing system that provides solace only to the corrupt affluent of the society. PIA has flown into oblivion, but its new CEO wants to steer it back The failure in … [Read more...] about Neither revival nor privatisation – what does the government want?